Centre County Gazette

A big name in convenience stores may be coming to Centre County, as York-based Rutter’s has submitted plans for a store on the Benner Pike. The plans are to build a 10,000-square-foot store with 14 auto fueling stations and five tractor-trailer diesel fueling stations directly across from the coun

Former Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller could be facing a year-long suspension of her license to practice law. On Dec. 6, the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recommended the one year and one day suspension of the attorney who recently opened a new practice.

Centre County Gazette

STATE COLLEGE — For parents looking to provide their kids with some fun alternatives to texting, Snapchatting, and playing Fortnite, State Amusement Billiards and Darts may have just the answer.
The business’s expansive showroom at 1358 E. College Ave., State College, is jam-packed from [Read More]

BELLEFONTE — The county is going to submit an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for outreach funding.
The Veterans Trust Fund Grant would be used to provide outreach initiatives throughout the county, including events in Philipsburg, on campus [Read More]

ROCKVIEW STATE POLICE
Police arrested Jason Bohannon, 37, of State College, after he was allegedly found to be driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on the 500 block of College Avenue on Oct. 27.
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Police said multiple firearms were stolen in the area of Black Moshannon [Read More]

Business

REBERSBURG — Matthew Wolfe, an ASE certified automotive technician from Rebersburg, was recently honored with a national achievement award as the Mitchell 1/ASE Technician of the Future, according to a press release.
Fifty-two automotive professionals were recognized on Nov. 14 at the [Read More]

BELLEFONTE — Restek, its employee-owners, and its customers teamed up to give more than $5,000 this November in support of the Red Cross hurricane disaster relief efforts — particularly in areas affected by hurricanes Florence and Michael, which ravaged the southeastern United States. [Read More]

Sports

The Centre County high school wrestling season is now in full swing. Here’s a look at how things got started.
BALD EAGLE AREA
The Eagles visited Clearfield on Tuesday, Dec. 11, where the varsity team defeated the Bison 49-20. Drew Koleno, Noah Foltz, Dylan Basel and David Close each earned [Read More]

The 2018-19 Centre County high school girls’ basketball season is upon us and if the pre-season stories are accurate, it should be another wild, unpredictable — and hopefully successful — year for all six teams.
Friday, Dec. 7, marked the first games for four of the six teams, and [Read More]

All county teams have logged their first games of the 2018-19 boys’ basketball season. Bellefonte ended an eight-year losing streak against Central Mountain. Penns Valley opened up its new gym with a dominating win. And St. Joe’s got its first win ever over Bishop Carroll.
Here’s [Read More]

Arts & Entertainment

BELLEFONTE — Last year, children’s author Stephen Kozan visited Marion-Walker Elementary School, and it is safe to say he left quite an impression on student Annie Cernuska, now a 12-year-old middle schooler who just published her first book.
While visiting the school last year, Kozan [Read More]

The 10th annual Holiday Craft Fair was held on December 8 at the Old Gregg School Community Center in Spring Mills as a fundraiser supporting the center’s year-round activities.
Vendors filled the gymnasium and first floor hallway in the building. The gymnasium was a hub of activity, as all [Read More]

On Thursday, Nov. 30, a local mother-daughter author and illustrator, Heather Herzog and Cat Eskey, witnessed their preschool counting book, “Bunny Bath,” rise to the top of Amazon’s Best Seller charts. On that day, it rose to the top of Amazon’s “Best Sellers in [Read More]

Education

SPRING MILLS — On Sept. 26, a public dedication ceremony attended by about 150 people was held in the Penns Valley High School auditorium for the recent major renovations to the building. The ceremony was the culmination of a multi-million dollar project which began in June 2017 and includes [Read More]

STATE COLLEGE — Several State College Area High School student groups have joined together to organize Operation Sunshine, a relief effort for a North Carolina school district hit hard by Hurricane Florence.
Public Schools of Robeson County district was still recovering from the aftermath of [Read More]

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jim and Evelyn Piazza, parents of Timothy Piazza, addressed student leaders in Penn State’s Greek-life community Aug. 29 as part of the “Reframing the New Member Experience” program. The Piazzas were invited by university President Eric Barron to speak at [Read More]

Community

BOALSBURG — We have all seen the grainy, black and white newsreel films showing the Japanese attack on the American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The films show twisted metal, flames, and huge clouds of thick, black smoke rising high into the sky. The next scene shows President Franklin [Read More]

BELLEFONTE — Richard A. Fornicola, Centre County Treasurer, has announced the 2019 dog licenses are now available for purchase at several areas in Centre County.
Fornicola said all types of annual dog licenses, including senior citizen, may be purchased at the below listed outlets. Lifetime [Read More]

STATE COLLEGE — Centre County Reads is going to the birds in 2019. Well, one particular bird.
“Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird” by Penn State alum Katie Fallon is the Centre County Reads book for 2019. The book “chronicles the life and times of one of the [Read More]

Health & Wellness

STATE COLLEGE —The 2018 Centre County Heart Walk, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, will be among 300 Heart Walks held in communities across the nation. Each year, nearly 1 million people walk in the events, which are fundraisers of the American Heart [Read More]

STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health has announced Mount Nittany Medical Center has recently received four national quality awards for excellence in stroke care:
■ Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers Gold Seal of Approval
Established in 2003, the Gold [Read More]

Those whose golf or tennis games are on hold due to chronic shoulder pain and stiffness might find themselves considering joint replacement surgery.
First performed in the 1950s, the surgery was invented to treat serious breaks in the ball or socket of the shoulder joint that could not be [Read More]